Postdoctoral Scholar

Penn State University•University Park, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Dr. Luis Ayala, Head of the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, and Dr. Zuleima Karpyn, EMS Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research, invite applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar position to support and conduct independent research in the area of computational studies of flow in porous media at the pore scale. The successful candidate will conduct independent and collaborative research in pore-scale computational modeling and will develop, test, and deploy pore-scale simulation models for the analysis of flow in porous media in conventional and unconventional formations. These efforts will focus on capturing the coupled physics governing these systems and reproducing relevant laboratory experiments designed to validate the models. The candidate will also have opportunities to collaborate with researchers at Penn State and at other institutions.

Requirements

Ph.D. in an engineering discipline or a related field.
Strong written and oral communication skills.
Excellent computational skills.
Substantial experience with programming languages.
Substantial experience with computational fluid dynamics software packages such as OpenFOAM and COMSOL Multiphysics.

Nice To Haves

Expertise in reservoir engineering.
Expertise in phase-field modeling.

Responsibilities

Conduct independent and collaborative research in pore-scale computational modeling.
Develop, test, and deploy pore-scale simulation models for the analysis of flow in porous media in conventional and unconventional formations.
Capture the coupled physics governing these systems and reproduce relevant laboratory experiments designed to validate the models.
Collaborate with researchers at Penn State and at other institutions.